Senior Director - Business Affairs - Warner Music - Los Angeles

Job description
With its broad roster of new stars and legendary artists, Warner Music Group is home to a collection of the best-known record labels in the music industry including Asylum, Atlantic, Cordless, East West, Elektra, Nonesuch, Reprise, Rhino, Roadrunner, Rykodisc, Sire, Warner Bros. and Word, as well as Warner/Chappell Music, one of the world's leading music publishers, with a catalog of more than one million copyrights worldwide.

Detailed Job Description/ Responsibilities:
Evaluating potential arrangements, negotiating and drafting agreements with artists, producers and licensees, including audio/video master use licenses, recording agreements, producer agreements, distribution agreements, finished goods agreements and video production agreements
Managing ongoing contractual relationships and handling business affairs matters for catalogue artists
Monitoring compliance with contractual obligations
Rendering general business and legal advice to departments within the company, including identifying and addressing legal and business issues that arise from product development plans
Reviewing and clearing creative material, including program content for video exploitation, audio releases and related marketing materials

Researching and interpreting existing contracts; preparing contract summaries
Reviewing royalty statements, and managing and responding to audit claims
Other general legal research, particularly related to intellectual property rights
Such other duties as reasonably may be required

Desired Skills and Experience
Required Competencies/Skills:
J.D. or equivalent, plus admission to the California and/or New York state bars
7-10 years law firm and/or in-house experience negotiating and drafting agreements – preferably in connection with the acquisition and distribution of intellectual property rights
At least 5 years of experience working specifically on projects relating to the acquisition and exploitation of rights in musical recordings
Prior experience working for a record label strongly preferred
Strong drafting/writing skills
Demonstrated ability to work independently within a team-oriented environment.

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